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Public Welfare State & Local Expenditures Percent of Total in 2020
| Rank | State | FIPS Code | % of Total
Expenditures |
|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | 21000 | 31.4% |
| 2 | New Mexico | 35000 | 31.2% |
| 3 | Louisiana | 22000 | 30.0% |
| 4 | Maine | 23000 | 29.6% |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 25000 | 29.6% |
| 6 | Arizona | 04000 | 29.5% |
| 7 | Arkansas | 05000 | 28.7% |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 42000 | 28.7% |
| 9 | West Virginia | 54000 | 28.1% |
| 10 | District of Columbia | 11000 | 27.6% |
| 11 | Minnesota | 27000 | 27.2% |
| 12 | Indiana | 18000 | 26.8% |
| 12 | New York | 36000 | 26.8% |
| 14 | Rhode Island | 44000 | 26.6% |
| 15 | Ohio | 39000 | 26.4% |
| 16 | California | 06000 | 25.2% |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 55000 | 24.7% |
| 18 | Tennessee | 47000 | 24.5% |
| 19 | Delaware | 10000 | 24.2% |
| 20 | Oregon | 41000 | 24.0% |
| 21 | Montana | 30000 | 23.7% |
| 22 | Mississippi | 28000 | 23.6% |
| 23 | Vermont | 50000 | 23.2% |
| 24 | Idaho | 16000 | 22.2% |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 40000 | 22.0% |
| 26 | Maryland | 24000 | 21.6% |
| 27 | Alaska | 02000 | 21.5% |
| 28 | Illinois | 17000 | 21.4% |
| 29 | New Hampshire | 33000 | 21.1% |
| 30 | New Jersey | 34000 | 20.8% |
| 31 | Iowa | 19000 | 20.6% |
| 32 | Michigan | 26000 | 20.4% |
| 33 | Missouri | 29000 | 19.8% |
| 33 | Virginia | 51000 | 19.8% |
| 35 | Hawaii | 15000 | 19.1% |
| 36 | North Carolina | 37000 | 18.2% |
| 37 | South Carolina | 45000 | 17.9% |
| 38 | Colorado | 08000 | 17.7% |
| 39 | Alabama | 01000 | 17.6% |
| 39 | Nevada | 32000 | 17.6% |
| 41 | Kansas | 20000 | 17.5% |
| 41 | North Dakota | 38000 | 17.5% |
| 43 | Florida | 12000 | 17.0% |
| 43 | Georgia | 13000 | 17.0% |
| 45 | Texas | 48000 | 16.8% |
| 46 | South Dakota | 46000 | 16.2% |
| 47 | Washington | 53000 | 15.7% |
| 48 | Nebraska | 31000 | 15.3% |
| 49 | Utah | 49000 | 14.7% |
| 50 | Connecticut | 09000 | 10.7% |
| 51 | Wyoming | 56000 | 9.8% |
Data Source: Rockefeller Institute of Government, U.S. Census Bureau
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